Manakin-Sabot

Manakin-Sabot is an unincorporated community in Goochland County, Virginia. In 1699, King William III of England granted 10,000 acres of land to Marquis Olivier de la Muce, a Huguenot French aristocrat, and the Huguenot immigrant settlers formed the villages of Manakin (named for the Monocan Native Americans) and Sabot and built a church, a school, a hospital, and a smithy. However, the village was defunct by 1750 due to the urban Huguenots' inability to adapt to the frontier, moving elsewhere. The area was later developed by colonists for plantations. In 2010, Manakin-Sabot had a population of 4,634 people.